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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1908)
THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 . Have just received a fresh supply of Imported Macaroni and Spaghetti and Martin's Full Cream Cheese A. V. ALLEN Sole Agent for the Celebrated H. C. Fry Cut Glass. PHONE 711 PHONE 387t UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713 "DRYS" IN SESSION National Prohibition Convention Opens Today WILL INSIST UPON BETTER 'PHONES IF NOT FORTHCOMING, BUSI NESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN WILL ASK FOR REVOCA TION OF THE FRANCHISE. That the business and professional men in the Astoria Chamber of Com merce intend to carry on the fight against the Pacific States Telephone Company may be taken as an assured fact, judging from the temper and at titude displayed by many of them who are constant users of the 'phones. It is planned to carry on the matter un til the franchise of the company is revoked, or until it has bettered its service to such a degree that it will give at least fair satisfaction to the majority of its users. Mr. Whyte, manager of the Cham ber of Commerce, acting in accord ance with the instructions given by the meeting of the Chamber the prev ious evening, yesterday prepared let ters to the local manager of the tele phone company, to the common coun cil, and to the various independent telephone companies now doing busi ness about the country. The communication to the city council wil tentatively ask in the name f the Chamber of Commerce that the franchise of the telephone company in Astoria be revoked forthwith. The communications to the inde pendent telephone companies include an invitation to establish an independ ent company here. On all sides are heard complaints of the "miserably poor service." In the office of the Chamber of Commerce is a list of copies of letters on file, which contain repeated assurances on the part of the company of an imme diate betterment in the service, but as far as can be ascertained the con cern has not made the slightest real effort to accomplish anything. The last letter addressed to the local manager of the company by the Chamber of Commerce did not even elicit a reply. That it will be readily possible to revoke the franchise seems to be the prevailing opinion, yet an examina tion of the franchise granted to the company in 1901 tends to show that a revocation may not be as easy a thing to accomplish as it is to wish for it. The franchise does include a phrase to the effect that it shall stand re Toked ipso facto by the failure to live up to the terms of the instrument; but by a strange oversight, it con tains, apparently, nothing which calls for proper and decent service. It does demand on the part of the city, that the rates shall not be higher than in other cities of the same size in Ore gon having equivalent service; and yesterday it was said that even under this clause the company should be held amenable, as its service is said to be ontoriously poorer than in other rities of eoual size where the same rates are charged. At all events, it is planned to appeal to the council to revoke the franchise and let the com pany, if it can, show that legally the council exceeded its powers in so doing- But if the plan of revoking the franchise fails, then it is said that the business and professional men can simply get together and by a "gen tlemanly understanding" agree to pa tronize a new company. Unless there is a striking change of attitude on the part of those now in teresting themselves in the matter, it would appear as if the present agita tion is not a mere "kick" which will be permitted to die away and be for gotten in a month or so. The Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company has wires and offices from Canada on the North to Mexico on the south. It is commonly looked upn as the "telephne trust." Probably the cities that have had trouble with the company in the last decade could be counted by the hun dreds. In scores of cities and towns independent companies have been created, and; as far as is known, the Pacific States Company or "Sunset Company" as it is better known never lets go when once it has a noiu. ine outcome mus rcsuus m.u dual systems arise in towns. "The double 'phones are a nuis ance," said a gentleman yesterday, "an entire nuisance, and yet as far as 1 know there is no other way to bet ter the service. Of course business men and doctors, lawyers, and so on, can simply get together and tacit ly agree to patronize only the new company as a punishment to the old for its sins, and thus the extra ex pense of paying for ..two systems can be avoided. And that plan, if carried out, would mean that the present local concern would get just what it has tried so hard to earn for itself." Already the, Chamber of Commerce is figuring on "backing up" and aid ing the expected new concern by helping it to get the patronage of the city. The "foxy" lawyers who drew the franchise for the Sunset Company managed to include within its pro visions a clause which reads that the city council cannot grant a franchise to any new concern on terms "more favorable" than contained in their franchise. 'LOCKJAW CAUSES DEATH. HILLSBORO, Or., July 14 Frank Susbauer, the 11-year-old son of Henrv Susbauer, near Cornelius, died Sunday from tetanus, as a result of a sliver, which he ran into one of his toes two weeks ago. BUSINESS SECTION BURNS. LOS ANGELES, July 14.-The business section of Daggett, a small tnwn on the Moiave Desert, was practically destroyed by fire last night. The blaze, which is supposed to have started in a barber shop, i quickly burned the main business block, there being a scarcity of water Among the buildings destroyed were the postoflfice, Hart's Hotel and Mc Rae's Cafe. The loss is about $50,000. NEGRO STRUNG UP. MIDDLETOWN, Tenn., July 14. Hugh Jones, a negro, was strung up to "a sapling limb near here early to day by a mob of 100 men. Jones had attempted to assault Miss Ora Yoppys, aged 17. He was being brought to Middletown by special deputies. THREE DIE OF HEAT. CINCINNATI, July 14-As a re sult of yesterday's intense heat, three deaths were recorded and today open ed with the temperature little less oppressive than yesterday. DAYTON WANTS RACES. DAYTON, Wash., July 14,-The effort of local racehorse men to have Dayton placed on the Spokane, Lew iston. Walla Walla racing circuit is meeting with encouraging success. Waitsburg is strongly in favor of the oronosition. Work will probably be ! commenced in a few days on the 'racetrack and fair grounds here which 'are to be placed in first-class condi Ition for the county fair in October. wm SBSSSSm A few doses of this remedy will In variably cure an ordinary attack of diarrhoea. It can always be depended v.pon, even in the more severe attacks of cramp colic and cholera morbus. It is equally successful for summer diarrhoea and cholera infantum In children, and is the means of saving the lives of many children each year. When reduced with water and sweetened it is pleasant to take. Every man of a family should keep this remedy in his home. Buy it now. Price, 25c. Large Size, 50c. HAVE SEVERAL CANDIDATES Will Enter Candidates For Presi dency and Vice-Presidency One Leader Avers That Women Drink More and Men Less. COLUMBUS, O., July 14-The National Prohibition convention will open here tomorrow, and a vigorous movement in behalf of Professor Charles Scanlon, of Pittsburg, for the Presidetnial nomination i the latest . , . .. i .' . development, i roicssor acaiuon is the field representative of the Tem perance Society of the Presbyterian Church. He led the fight against the indorsement of the anti-saloon league at the meeting of the Presbyterian General Assembly here a year ago. Up to the present time one candi date for vice-president has appeared. Professor A. S. Watkms, of Ohio, is a candidate for this place. It is ex pected he will be named for Governor bv the state convention tomorrow and if so, it will be with the understanding that he will' withdraw from the state ticket in the event that he secures ;econd place on the National ticket. The reason there are no other entires for the vice-presidential contest is that it has been a custom to select the candidate for this place from among the defeated candidates for President. While some of the leaders are an tagonistic to the Anti-Salon League, it is significent that invitations have been issued by the National commit tee to Rev. P. A. Baker, superintend ent of the American Anti-Saloon League, and Wayne B. Heeler, su perintendent of the Ohio League, to attend the convention. 'A fight against a platform of nu merous issues and in favor of one con fined to the single issue of prohibi tion was started at the opening ses sion by Temporary Chairman H. L. Peeke. of Sanduky. Mr. Peeke, in an address which consumed more than 2 hours, assailed woman suffrage, which has come to be regarded as an estab lished tenet of the party, declaring that women drink more and men less than they did a decade ago and that the cakest laws regulating the liquor traffic are in the woman suffrage states of Colorado, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Making Himself Sscure. After the funeral of an old woman in a remote Yorkshire hamlet her sona and daughters made a vigorous search for her will, but without success, al though they knew that she bad pre pared one shortly before her death. "What's ta done wl' it, Jock?" the eldest son asked the youngest, who, being unmarried and a great dunce, had always bung on to his mother's apron strings. "Tha's been In t' house all this time, wl' nobody to watch thee, an' it looks a bit fishy. Hast ta burnt It?" Jock violently refuted the charge. "Why, Ah nobbut 'ad It In my 'ands once," be declared. "Ah, then, tha admits there wor a will?" cried the eldest brother trium phantly. "Of coorse there wor!" Jock frankly confessed. "She gave it to me t' day afore she died, but Ah couldn't read a word of It, so Ah took It art an' burled It to keep It Hiife. Ah'm not going to let uny brothers an' slHters get ahead o' me. When Ah've learnt to read for me sen Ah shall dig that will up, but not a day earlier!" And they had to "have the law on him" before he would divulge the hid ing place of the document. ARREST DYNAMITER Dastardly Vidian Taken in San Francisco REFUSES TO CONFESS ALL Blew up Gallagher Places in Oak land, But Refuses to Tell Who the Men Are Who Paid Him For the Job. SAN l'KANCISCO, July 14,-John Claudiancs, a Greek, 23 years of age, has made a confession to District At torney LaugdiMi that he is the man who dynamited the residence of Jas. L. Gallagher in Oakland, and after wards wrecked with dynamite two houses owned by Gallagher in Oak land which were unoccupied. Claud iancs has been arrested by detectives in the employ of the dintrict attorney. Gallagher is a former supervisor of San Francisco who ha testified against Ruef in the graft cases. The information regarding the arrest, which was made on last Satur day night, has been withheld because the district attorney hoped to be able to apprehend Peter Claudianes, an older brother of the men arrested, who is believed by the district at torney to be the man who inxpirrd the young brother to do the deed. It is asserted by the district attorney that in a letter which John wrote to Peter on July 2, and which had fallen into the district attorney's hands, John convicted Peter of being the man who planned the dynamiting, and that he accuses his brother of receiving $1,000 for the job and then refusing to divide. Although John Claudianes has confessed to being the actual perpetrator of the crime he re fuses absolutely to divulge the names of the persons who he claims paid his brother $1,000 for committing the crime. FOODS OF ITALY. Specialtis of the Friggltrioi In NapUs and Genoa. Huge men'y chestnuts are found ev erywhere In Italy. Peeled and boiled In a reddish broth seasoned with lau rel leaves ard caraway seeds, the nuts are palatable. About two dozen of the large kernels are sold for a penny, lu both Genoa aud Naples the frlggltrlcl are Interesting, and some of tbelr spe cialties arc well worth a trial if one can forget the unappetizing appear ance of cooks and cooking appliances. One friggitrlce attracts attention to a tray of golden balls which she piles In a pyramid. The gulden balls aro arti chokes. They are boiled In salted wa ter uutll tender and are put In a pan over steam to keep tbeui hot until a customer appears. For threepenco the vender will take one from the steam ing pan, dry 11, dip It Into batter and pop It Into the hot oil. A moment later a golden brown ball, delicious and crispy on the outside and tender ) and succulent on the Inside, Is banded to the purchaser. The frying is man aged In such a way that when the fritters ae taken frojn the Jifttlo thff are very hof, but so dry" on the outside that they scarcely soil the fingers whes. ' eaten from the hand. Another frif gltrice specialty Is that of cheese balls, : They are made of paste filled with ! grated cheese and fried. Mashed chest I nuts, rice, chopped chicken and many j vegetables aie used to vary the fillings for the popular frltos. Gome of tho 1 frying kettlc-s are portable, and the frlggltrlcl hnre regular routes like the milkmen, where they tap at the base I ment door, g;t their orders, take their tiny bellows and blow up the char coal until It glows and then cook tho breakfast of meat balls or rice cakes or artichokes, which are sent In hot Les&a's Weekly. In Praise of Tea. Klenlung, the Chinese poet, was a prolific writer, and of all his poems his Immortal "I'ralse of Tea" is most widely remembered. Written in ex quisite characters, It decorates half the old cups, plnles and fans of his period. Thus It runs: "Place upon a gentle fire the tripod whose color ami form tell of a far antiquity and fill It . with water of molten kuow. Let It seethe till It would be hot enough to whiten fish or to redden n crab. Then pour It into a cup upon the tender leaves of a se lected tea tree. Let it rest till the mists which freely rise have formed themselves into thicker clouds and until these have gradually ceased to weigh upon the surface and at last float away In vapor, then deliberately sip the delicious liquor. It will drive away ail the causes of disquietude that come to trouble us. You may taste and you may feel, but never can you express In words or song that sweet tranquillity wo draw from the essence thus prepared." Solenodons. , Only two species of that singular in sectivorous mammal, the solenodon, are known, one Inhabiting Haiti and the other Cuba. They differ chiefly in the color aud quality of their fur. Solenodons arc quaint looking animals, rather larger than rats, with long flexi ble snouts and naked tails. FOR GIRL STUDENTS Houses Being Built at University of Oregon PROPER HOMES FOR CO-EDS. At Least Three New Places Will be Ready For Occupancy in September and Householders Art Mora Dis posed to Rent Rooms This Year, UNIVERSITY, Of.. OREGON', EUGENE, July U.-Girt at the University of Oregon will be well housed next year. At least three new houses, accomodating between 60 and 70 girls, will be ready fur occupancy in September. The Mary Spiller House, named for the first woman connected with the University, is now being completed and comfortably ftimished, It will have rooms for 20 to 25 girls, aud be tinder the same general control as the men's dormi tory. It is beautifully located on the highest part of the campus, ami gives promise of being a most pleasant home. The Kloshe Tillacum Club will have a handsome new home by the opening of the University. The carpenters arc preparing to rush the building as fast as possible, It will accomodate between 20 and 25 girk The Zeta Iowa I Its Sorority is hav ing a new house built on the corner of Uth and Hinh St., which will have room enough for 20 girN. The plans call for a very handsome build ing. Room for rent seem much more plentiful than usual, probably for the reason that the touch of hard time has made many more people willing to rent. These, together with the new girl's houses and the old ones already established, will make it com paratively easy for the University to find good home's for the large number f girls that will enter in September. TANNING JOF LEATHER. It It Probably the Most Ancient of All the Arti. Tanning of leather Is probably the eldest of all arts. Agriculture Is the wily one that would have it chance of ompctltloii. but the probabilities are, that cold weather taught the flrt Intel ligent auturopold ape to move soutli or cover himself with skins Without tun alng the raw bides would soon stiffen and lu damp weather would rot nnd become unbearable liecause of their 'idora. Probably about the period of the troglodytes, or cave tueii. the art had Its Inception, and right hero Is to be anted one of the most curious fea tures of the art-ruuaiely. that whllo every other art has advanced, the methods employed by uiost tanners to day are quite similar to those used in the time of Herodotus, a writer who has told us mora about the world as he found It than has any historian who succeeded hi ui" r Herodotus says be found the Afri cans wearing skins for clothing, a re markable statement about the people of a country lu which the thermometer rarely goes below 100 degrees F. The Phoenicians used tunned leather for tho outsldes of ships with which they huntikerchlef tl his mouth to prevent fearlessly navigated every square mile an explosion, Vcver was better actlu.f of the sea' of all antiquity. Babylonian seen on i.uy utnge, ivftwn .. ........ r,..,- time of David of, Judea. Ilusslu loath r has held a proud place since th .. ....lOni'w if sin or ii ftvtul rimi-i qutu leather from Astrakhau, at the mouth, of the Volga, made from goat skins, Is famous the world over for the beauty of It red and yollow dyes. Then there is tho shiigree.n of Tartar and Armenia, made of only a small piece of ass' skin, a square of two feet, Just over the tail. I To uie the most memorable thing 1 saw at Tangier, Morocco, was a fa mous tannery that dated back to the period preceding the Arable Invasion of Europe. For some of the finest grades a man was treading the skins In a vat barefooted. Ho was soma wretched outcast picked up on the streets and In need of a few copper cuius to save him front starvation. The guide told me Unit tin hour among the mineral and vvgeliiblo adds In that vat would cause the skin to peel from bis feut and legs us If the flesh had been boiled. As hospital are uukuown In Tangier, this seemed serious pros pect for the poor wretch. This Incident recalled tho tiufortuuato mules at Gua najuato aud lu other places of Mexico thnt are put Into the cyanide tanks to separate the silver by tramping. The poor brutes soon lose tbelr hoofs and have to be shot. Morocco leather Is made of goat skins, dyed Uku their outer surface. Not until the middle of the eighteenth century was the art Introduced Into ITpnni'ii tt'liuFA tint hltrliitMt crntttita nl Morocco leather are made In (bene days. But most travelers are shown books lu tho Vatican at Home and In the Iloy.il library at Madrid bound early In I Too that are In One condition, Dyeing leather red Is the moat difficult of all arts In treating skins. The color requires some mysterious mordant to tlx It, and not a dyer between Moga don and Aleppo will give up the se cret. UrooUyn Eagle. IRVING " AND"oNTAGUL One of Thtlr Practical Joksi That Seared Their Friend. In Scott's "The Prams of Yesterday and Today" the author tells of a prac tical Joko played by Henry Irving and Harry Mont ague upon a number of th'dr friends, and "In Its execution was seen tho first dawning glimmer of that Iroglc force that was ultimately to find expression In Hood's 'Dream of I'.ugeuc Aram' and 'The Hells.'" Irving and Montague, hitherto the best allies, be gun to quarrel on their way to a picnic, and their fi lends feared some tragic eoiiseqnences. After luncheon both of the men disappeared. uiiihiv sv sv iuimvu uvnuy imiu felt that bis wont fears were being reallwsl. With ono wild cry, "They're gone-what on earth tins become of them?" he made a dash down the Liar glo over the rock and bowlders, with the remainder of the picnic party at bis heels. At the bottom of a "dreadful hollow behind the little wood" n fearful sight presented Itself to the usfunlshel friends. There ou a stone sat Iletiry Irving lu bis shirt sleeves, his long hulr matted over Lis eyes, tils thin hands and white face all smeared with blood, and dangling au opeu clasp knife. Ho was muttering to himself In a savage tone: "I've done It! I've done It! I said I would! I said I would."' Tom Bmnle In an agong of fear rushed up to Irving, who waved him on one side with threatening gesture. "For God's sake, man," screamed the distracted 8 male, "tell us where he Is I" Irving, scarcely moving a muscle, pointed to a heap of dead leaves and In sepulchral tones cried: "He's there there! I've done for him! I've mur dexedjdm!" .--- Smalo llternhy bounded to the heap and began flinging aside the leaves lu every direction. Presently he found the body of Marry Montague lylug fac downward. Almost paralyzed with fear, Smnle Just mnmiged to turn th head around and found Montague con vulsed with laughter, with a pocket 1.4 lit V u July Official Tide Tables " 1,1 " "" !...u;;i..t Compiled by the U. S. Government for Astoria and Vicinity. JULY, 1908. High Water. A. M. Date. Wednesday II Thursday 2 Friday 8 Saturday ITNT1AV Kl They are j Monday 6 nocturnal and obtain their food by 'Tuesday digging In the soft ground for Insects. , Wednesday I II U I 7 I J i f yf , , , , , , t ..10 ..11 ,.12 ..12 Monday ..13 TuesJay 14 , . t.i. i. . I rn i . .. i .. i ( - tile, wiui intu biiuuib. 4 nun muni ipridnw capacity Is small, and they are said to j Saturday have the curious habit when hunted j SUNDAY l.trllnir tholr hnnrla In M.o'SUNDAY nearest holes nnd leaving their bodies exposed. I Wednesday 15: Thursday 16 The Clock Was Wrecked. lriaa? l rM,o T'.. !,.. l,.l, r.,. ....... to tijnuj ait uiuiui wiui;ii ! SUNDAY 19 days? Jigsup No; never tried onejMonday ...20 but once. BIway How was that? 'Tuesday 21 .Tlmuin-Wfill. vnu see. the first time It vveunesaay a , . ,;. 1, . x... . 'Thursday went oir i umu i exuciiy snow wuui 11 pr(jay t 24 was, and so I said, "Oh, for heavens Saturday 25 sake, Maria, shut up!" Maria hap-; SUNDAY 26 pened to be awake, and-well, that Is MJjyT jj? how It was.-Llverpool Mercury. Tuesday " .29 . i .'Wednesday'!! !!!29 , , . . Thursday 801 Subscribe to the Morning Astoria, Friday 81 h.m. 1:54 2:30 8:05 3:501 4:35 5:36 6:45; 8:00 9:18 10:25 11:25 0:28 1:18 2:10 8:00 4:00 5:00 6:10 7:26 8:45 10:02 11:05 11:58, 0:30 1:05 1:38 2:12 ft. 8.1 7.7 7.4 6.6 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.9i P. M. h.m. 8:25 8:CI 4:20 6:00 5:381 6:2ft1 7:t 8:08 9:0i"' 9:55! 6.6 10:48 12:20 11:38! 1:10 JULY, 1908. Low Water. A. M. Date. .4 9 9.1 8.6 8.0 7.4 7.0 6.6! 6.4 6.5 8.5 6.3 8.4 8.3 8.0 7.8 1:58 2:44 S:28 4:10 4:55 5:47 6:89 7:35 8:30 9:26 10:20 11:08 12:40 11:50 1:20 1:65 2:22 2:50 3:14 it. Wednesday 1 8:66 7.2 Thursday 21 9:22j 7,8Frlday 31 9:52 7,4 'Saturday 4 10:22 7. ( SUNDAY 610:54 7.7 Monday 6 11:40 7.8 I Tuesday 7 0:50 8.0 Wednesday 8 2:00 8.2 j Thursday 9 3:00 8.3;Frlday 10 4:00 8.8 Saturday 11 6:00 9.0 SUNDAY 12 5:58 7.0 Monday 18 6:40 9.1 Tuesday 14 7:28 7.6 Wednesday 16 8:15 7.9 ! Thursday 16 -9:00 8.2 Friday 17 9:48 8.4 Saturday 18 10:34 SUNDAY 1911:22 Monday 20 0:20 Tuesday 21 1:26 Wednesday 22 2:38 Thursday 23 8:45 Friday ,.24 4:45 Saturday 26 6:32 SUNDAY 26 6:18 Monday 2fl 6:65 Tuesday 28 7:30i Wednesday 29 8:00 Thursday 30 8:28 Friday 8l 8:50 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.4 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.5 8.5 7.0 8.6 7.8 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 h.m. P. M. 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